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Dear
SEC,
FYI.
--Paul
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From: owner-stds-board-comm@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-stds-board-comm@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Joseph L. Koepfinger Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:40 PM To: David Ringle; sa-bog@ieee.org; stds-board-comm@ieee.org; r.j.holleman@worldnet.att.net; Deese.Pamela@dorseylaw.com; standards-staff@ieee.org Subject: Re: IEEE-SA Comments to FTC/DOJ on Standards-Setting - Please reply by 16-April To all:
In general this is an excellent discussion of the concerns regarding the
pending action by the FTC/DOJ regarding rules and
regulations pertaining to patents on the standard development process.
My concern is the appearance that IEEE has done extensive
research on the subject of standard development activities where there
have been patent problems. My assumption is base upon the statement in the
third paragraph on page 2. If the IEEE has conducted an extensive
research, then I would not be concerned about the statement made in the
second sentence of this paragraph. If the IEEE has not done an
extensive research on this topic it would be desirable to be less empathic.
The document would be strengthen if IEEE would list the number of their
standards, that to there knowledge have had to address patent issues.
I think that out of th 870 active standards this would be a very small
number. In this way IEEE could limit it discussion to what is known about the
IEEE patent issues and not become involved in what happens in other
Standard Development Organization in with regard to patent issue problems.
Best regards,
Joe Koepfinger
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